The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-01-29
A NEW OFFER
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MADE THE FAIR ASSOCIATION
i,y tho New Baso hail Association Which Is
Z Anxious TO loom tho Grent Gnme-The
New Committees OF tho Fair Assocln.
ton Chosen ut It's Meeting. +.


Directors Of the West Virginia State Fair
and Exposition Association waa held yes.
terday afternoon in tho room OF tho Bonrd
Of County Commissioners a! tho Public
Building. Mr.. NJ. Reilly occupied the
chair Gs president pro TEN. The others
present were Messrs. G. 2. Brown, J. NJ.
Kirk, L. p. Sisson and W. II. Exley and
Secretary George Hook. '.tD'
Tho Board while in session was waited
upon by n committee composed OF Messrr.
VIII. English, F.p. Mcneil aud Oscar
seeley, from the Wheeling Base Ball As.
ISOLATION. They had,a modified p,opcsi-
ton relative to securing loaae Of tho
grounds Of the Association for base ball
purposes during the coming season, to sub-
nit. The original proposition laid before
tho Fair Board a short time SINGS, pro-
posed to enclose the ball ground In the
fair ground with q fence, to be put up in
sections and to BIO entirely removed dur.
ing the fair. The baee ball club wanted
entire control Of tbDjr part Of the ground
during the playing season, and claimed
that tho ordinary revenue derived from
picnicB by the Fair Association would not
DO lessened, and offered $500 for the sea.
son. This otter WAS rejected. 'T' 20
TIE MODIFIED PROPOSITION.
Tho offer made yeDteraay waived the
fence question, Withdrew all claim to the
ground for July "A very valuable date,
offered to waive u fow other Hpeclsl dsies
II the Fair Association could designate
them before The schedule WAS made out,
and offer 500 as compensation. The Base
Ball club offered to give to the Secretary
O, tie State Fair before April Let a printed
echedule, showing when tho club would
be away and also at home, an arrangement
which would allow the State Fair to get
in all It's usual picnics without conflicting
with the ball club, which would be away
from home about three months. ,.
No definite action was taken by the
State Fair Association, but the matter was
placed in the hands OF a committee OF five.
consisting OF Messrs. J. H. Hobbs, ]. NJ.
Kirk, 9. T. Brown, W. H. Exley and Sec
rotary Hook, who will meet the Wheel
! ing club early next week and give final
answer. 1t is to DO hoped that the offer
Of the club will be taken up, as it will
only augment the Associations revenue,
and does not need to conflict with SIN
gle picnic dato. The club cannot afford
10 make any further concessions and will
have 10 drop the matter II the lair people
reject their terms. /
| PREPARING FOR THE NEXT FAIR.
The matter OF fixing tho dates for the
next annual fair and its duration, caused
considerable discussion. There was de-
cided disposition to limit the exhibition
to FIVE days, and that length Of time was
finally agreed upon. The dates were then
fixed for September to 9, both inclusive,
the fair thus opening Monday morning
and closing Friday night. j
Past experience has demonstrated that
holding tho fairs over Saturday doeu not
psy. People commence to get away with
their exhibits early in the day and by
noon there is nothing left worth seeing,
while the expense for guards, police, etc,
goes on the same as on other days. /
Standing committees we're appointed aa
follows:
Executive Committee = Messrs. Rsy:
mann, Reilly, McLurc, Berger and Roll. I
Finance = Messrs. Reilly, Exley and
Hook.
Building and G,ounds-Messrs. Exley,
Kimberly, aud Robert Campbell.
supplies-Messss. Loisue, A. r. Jacob
and q. S. Terrell.
Railroad Observation-Disclosures. J. NJ,
Kirk, Mcclure and Hannah. /
Machinery Observation-Disclosures. J. NJ,
Sweeney, F. J. Park and John Bodley.
Exposition Observation-Disclosures. Q. B.
Hart, +. G. Fl. Schwertfeger, ]. 3. Tanoy,
Hullihcn Quarter and N. L. OFT.
superintendsnt's Department-spsed
horses, Messrs. &. Ed Mendel and C.P.
Brown; class horses, Messrs. ]. W. Nichols
and P. L. Kimberly; cattle, Meesrs. A. R.,
Jacobs and L. P. Sieaon; sheep, Messrs.
Julius LeMoyne and G. P. sisson; swine,
Messrs. O. S. Terrell aud G. Bowers; poul-
| try, Mesars. Z. S. Welser and Noah Zane;
farm and garden products, Mess-s, L. NJ,
Atkinson end II. G. Meyers; preserves
and flowera, Mrs. ]. II. Hobbs End Mrs.
Henry Brues Chi!dren's department. Mrs.
Jacob Berger and c committee OF ladies'.
Colonel W. H. Exley was selected again
as Superintendent Of Buildings and
Grounds and Robert II. Phillips again
chosen as corresponding secretary and
entry clerk. s A.